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Piqué

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, piqué means: Fabric with a raised textured pattern, often knitted for polo shirts.

In Turkish: pike kumaş, lakost kumaş

How it is used

Specify knitted or woven piqué when needed; in polo production the term commonly refers to a textured knit.

Example sentences

  1. The piqué surface gives the polo shirt more texture than plain jersey.

    The fabric is distinguished by its raised surface structure.

  2. We compared two piqué fabrics with different weights for the school uniform.

    The same fabric family can be supplied at different weights.

Common collocations

  • cotton piqué
  • piqué polo shirt
  • fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.
  • knittingThe process of making fabric or garments by forming yarn into connected loops, by hand or on circular, flat or warp knitting machines.

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